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1 Zest
6 Speeds (by)10 Creature in the 2019 animated film
“Abominable”
14 Paid to play, in a way
15 Word with health or history
16 Significant time periods
17 Purloined
18 Beyond the pale
20 Common scent for tree-shaped air
fresheners
21 Fine print, often
22 Slowly trickles
24 Frozen Italian treat
25 ___ roll
27 Most up to the minute
31 Flower also known as a cranesbill
34 ___/her/hers
35 “No way, no how!”
39 Dot follower in some URLs
40 Inked contract, say
41 ___ the air
45 Broke off, as a relationship
46 Lamb Chop, e.g.
49 Sunscreen or deodorant option
52 “You have got to be kidding me!”
55 Place that’s all abuzz?
56 Bash where you can make a real splash
58 Opportunities to stand out on a stage
59 Human-rights barrister Clooney
60 Largest joint in the body
61 Eponymous skateboarding or
snowboarding move
62 Mother of 42-Down
63 Prepare loads of laundry, say
64 Essential things
DOWN
1 Reacts to shocking news, maybe
2 Loosen, as laces
3 Famous rock group?4 Travel à la Doctor Strange
5 Work of homage
6 Field-trip destination, perhaps
7 “Go, me!”
8 Oscar-nominated actor Dev
9 “Taste the rainbow” or “It’s finger lickin’
good”
10 Like a ripe banana
11 People after whom a Great Lake is
named
12 Shades from the sun?
13 “Gotcha”
19 Inescapable destiny
23 Unexpected hiccup
24 Daily ___
26 Yoko with a voice role in “Isle of Dogs”
28 Rope-soled shoe
29 Silverstein who wrote “Falling Up”
30 Number of sides on a decagon
31 Young lady
32 Matching card game
33 “Luncheon on the Grass” painter
35 U.S. rep. for N.Y.’s Fourteenth
Congressional District
36 Brooding bird
37 Does some summing
38 Lookout point?
42 Twin brother of Artemis43 Sit on it!
44 ___ volumes
47 Erotic flick
48 Key with an arrow
50 Give a wide berth
51 Green lights, as it were
52 Birthstone for some Libras
53 Abode
54 Winter outerwear
57 “And ___ here we are”
58 Anderson Cooper, to Gloria VanderbiltPUZZLES & GAMES DEPT.
THE
CROSSWORD
A lightly challenging puzzle.